Circuit board materials supplier Lamar Group has gone into liquidation with the loss of 11 jobs.

The business, established in Dundonald in 1984, had supplied circuit board manufacturers and the electronics industries with a range of base products, including copper clad laminates, drill boards, release film, thermal control materials, soldermask and process chemicals.

However pricing competition from China has seen around 90 per cent of UK circuit board manufacturing shift to the Far East.

Johnston Carmichael were appointed as provisional liquidators to the company on Tuesday.

Donald McNaught, restructuring partner at Johnston Carmichael, said: “Lamar Group has been a very well-run business and retains a portfolio of valuable assets - the management team has been proactive in trying to head off the impact of cheaper Chinese manufacturing, but ultimately they have recognised there is nothing more they can do.

“Despite several attempts to diversify into new markets the business has been unable to stop the decline in sales volume.